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Microsoft and Google duel with flurry of agent launches
Plus: 60+ generative AI projects for your resume, the best frameworks for production-grade agents, and more
Michael Cunningham
May 22, 2025
Welcome back to Building AI Agents, your biweekly guide to everything new in the field of agentic AI!
I'm spending $1 million to hire AI agents for our startup @firecrawl_dev
The future belongs to those who can build and control armies of AI agents. We're hiring hundreds of them (and their creators) across our business.
See if your agent (or you) can make it.
— Caleb Peffer (Hiring!) (@CalebPeffer)
5:41 PM • May 9, 2025
San Francisco startup Firecrawl is placing job listings for AI agents only, paying up to $25,000 per year. No one tell the agents how many months—or weeks—of rent that covers in SF.
In today’s issue…
The biggest agent announcements from Microsoft and Google
What is the best framework for production-grade agents?
60+ generative AI projects for your resume
The fundamental agent recipes
Which models is everyone using?
…and more
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